"'That young man will come to a bad end,' they said, prophesying the more confidently in that they themselves would in due course personally see to it that the end was bad." -pg. 157
The people of the town of London are foreshadowing what will happen to Bernard in the future. While he is famous now, they forsee him as a nobody in the end. This foreshadowing is very important. The purpose is to show us the inevitable future of Bernard. Fame will not last forever. His fame is majorly based on the people of London and John, so his fortune is out of his hands. Another purpose of the foreshadowing is to tell the reader that the people in the town are still not too fond of Bernard. It proves that he is taking the fame in a bad manner. It is effective because the people of the town are speaking the foreshadowing. They will do anything it takes to make it happen.
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